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...Cocky, Rock repeats enough of the style that made him a pop phenomenon to please his fans. For the rest, there’s nothing new or interesting enough to merit a second look. —Matthew F. Quirk

Author: By Thomas J. Clarke, James Crawford, Thalia S. Field, Andrew R. Iliff, P. PATTY Li, Michael T. Packard, Matthew F. Quirk, and Marcus L. Wang, CRIMSON STAFFS | Title: GimmeGimmeGimme | 12/7/2001 | See Source »

...ease with which the characters got adopted by commercial interests gives me doubts about this. After so many years "Peanuts" began to feel more like comfort-art than anything challenging. But really, just entertaining the idea of Schulz's work as more than doodles means that it has artistic merit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Peanuts' Reconsidered | 12/4/2001 | See Source »

Morris’ previous biography was the bestselling pseudo-memoir Dutch, the only authorized biography of Ronald Reagan. The two presidents have much in common and are still very different: both had tremendous charisma and popularity—enough to merit personal biographies as much as political ones. Both presidents, as Morris’ title suggests, secretly wished to rule their country like kings. But Roosevelt has the edge on Reagan as a thinker and scholar, and unlike Reagan (who had such the soul of a performer that Morris himself felt it appropriate to make things up in his biography...

Author: By Graeme Wood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NO HEADLINE | 11/30/2001 | See Source »

Morris’ previous biography was the bestselling pseudo-memoir Dutch, the only authorized biography of Ronald Reagan. The two presidents have much in common and are still very different: both had tremendous charisma and popularity—enough to merit personal biographies as much as political ones. Both presidents, as Morris’ title suggests, secretly wished to rule their country like kings. But Roosevelt has the edge on Reagan as a thinker and scholar, and unlike Reagan (who had such the soul of a performer that Morris himself felt it appropriate to make things up in his biography...

Author: By Graeme Wood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Theodore Rex' Speaks Loudly | 11/30/2001 | See Source »

...different sources of aid and disburses it in different ways. GSAS, for example, offers a majority of its total aid as grants, while loans make up more than three quarters of aid at the business, law and dental schools. GSAS also provides some scholarships and grants based entirely on merit, a practice which differs from other University graduate schools which look primarily at need...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Increase Graduate Aid | 11/26/2001 | See Source »

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